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Journalist, Nikkei Asia. Producer of Bicara Minggu Ini podcast. Formerly Press & Info Officer at @EUinMalaysia, Special Functions Officer to Foreign Minister.

Jul 26, 2021, 6 tweets

#Parliament Heated session today as Selayang MP William Leong took on the Speaker to task to bring the motions by opposition leader and Port Dickson MP Anwar Ibrahim for debate.

"How are you going to face the (Covid-19) victims who are going to die in the next 6 months?"

#Parliament Earlier, Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh made a scathing remark against the House Speaker Azhar Harun, asking him if he is "government lapdog" and that he should resign from his position.

#Parliament Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar argued if the such practices in the parliamentary special session today is akin to "an act of war" against the Federal Constitution and "attacking" the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

#Parliament House Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun raised his voice to show his discontent to the opposition bench and said, "You bring up the Standing Orders, yet you don't follow the Standing Orders. According to the Standing Orders, when I speak, you shut up!"

#Parliament Opposition leader @anwaribrahim lamented how the government can simply announce the revocation of the emergency ordinance without first being debated or tabled, likened it to a "night market".

#Parliament Former deputy prime minister and Pandan MP @drwanazizah questions the government of the day failed to understand and emphatise with the contract doctors who staged the walkout today for #HartalDoktorKontrak.

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